gutter

英 [ˈɡʌtə(r)]

美 [ˈɡʌtər]

n.  檐沟; 天沟; 路旁排水沟; 阴沟; 恶劣的社会环境; 道德沦落的社会最低阶层
v.  忽明忽暗; 摇曳不定

复数：gutters　过去式：guttered　现在分词：guttering　第三人称单数：gutters　过去分词：guttered　

CET6GRETEM8计算机

Collins.1 / BNC.7703 / COCA.10884

牛津词典

noun

• 檐沟；天沟
  a long curved channel made of metal or plastic that is fixed under the edge of a roof to carry away the water when it rains
  1. a blocked/leaking gutter
     堵塞了的 / 漏水的檐沟
• 路旁排水沟；阴沟
  a channel at the edge of a road where water collects and is carried away to drains
• 恶劣的社会环境；道德沦落的社会最低阶层
  the bad social conditions or low moral standards sometimes connected with the lowest level of society
  1. She rose from the gutter to become a great star.
     她是从贫民区成长起来的大明星。
  2. the language of the gutter (= used when swearing)
     粗鄙的语言（诅咒时用）

verb

• 忽明忽暗；摇曳不定
  to burn in an unsteady way

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （人行道旁的）排水沟，阴沟
  The gutteris the edge of a road next to the pavement, where rain water collects and flows away.
  1. It is supposed to be washed down the gutter and into the city's vast sewerage system.
     它应该是被沿排水沟冲入城市庞大的排水系统。
• N-COUNT （屋檐的）雨水槽；檐沟
  Agutteris a plastic or metal channel fixed to the lower edge of the roof of a building, which rain water drains into.
  1. Did you fix the gutter?
     你修过排水槽了吗？
• N-SING 一文不名；穷困潦倒
  If someone isin the gutter, they are very poor and live in a very bad way.
  1. Instead of ending up in jail or in the gutter he was remarkably successful.
     结果他非但没有锒铛入狱或是穷困潦倒，反而功成名就。
• VERB （火焰）忽明忽暗，摇曳不定
  If a flamegutters, it burns weakly and unsteadily.
  1. The flames guttered.
     火苗摇曳不定。
  2. ...a guttering candle.
     火光摇曳的蜡烛
• See also:gutter press

英英释义

noun

• a channel along the eaves or on the roof
  Synonym:trough
• a tool for gutting fish
• a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)
• misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
  1. his career was in the gutter
  2. all that work went down the sewer
  3. pensions are in the toilet
  Synonym:sewertoilet

verb

• provide with gutters
  1. gutter the buildings
• wear or cut gutters into
  1. The heavy rain guttered the soil
• flow in small streams
  1. Tears guttered down her face
• burn unsteadily, feebly, or low
  1. The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground

双语例句

• Van Gogh picked some up from the gutter, and began to paint his first four Sunflower studies.
  梵高采了些向日葵回家，画了最早的四幅向日葵习作。
• Leonard threw our candy down the gutter.
  莱昂那德把我们的糖扔到水沟里了。
• Overnight, snow had nudged its way into every crack and gutter.
  一夜之间，雪花塞满了所有的裂缝和水沟。
• He dropped his keys in the gutter.
  他把他的钥匙掉到阴沟里去了。
• Instead of ending up in jail or in the gutter he was remarkably successful.
  结果他非但没有锒铛入狱或是穷困潦倒，反而功成名就。
• We dragged English guitar music out of the gutter.
  我们把英国吉他音乐从泥潭中拖了出来。
• The gutter was stopped up with mud and the rain water could not flow away.
  水沟被泥堵住了，雨水排不出去。
• I rolled a gutter ball. The washing machine's on the blink again.
  我打出了一个洗沟球。洗衣机又出毛病了。
• All the water is finally channelled into the main gutter.
  所有的废水最后都被引到主排水沟中。
• The gutter press has held the royals up to ridicule.
  黄色报刊公然奚落皇室成员。